WastedTimes

mimi_44 · VIP Member

I have just recently started using Google maps,(been using Yahoo),and was really surprised. They have a street view with a full picture of a house, business, or whatever you were searching for! You can also pan down the street with your mouse. I thought the satellite view was cool, but this beats all. There are even pics of people walking, etc. How do they do this? Amazing! Very Happy

Mop · VIP Member

Yes I know , but this satellite picture / view is quite old.

A few years already.

I know this for sure because I still see my previous car parked in front of my house.... Laughing

jkf · Site Administrator

The street view is newer than the sat view.

They actually have people drive by with cameras mounted on the vehicle
and record the streets. Lots of detail in busy areas but its incomplete in
many of the less popular places.

Just as Mop said, its not exactly new... I see trees around my house that
I cut down a few years ago.